Giorgos Ioannou Explained

Giorgos Ioannou
Birth Date:	10 December 1926
Birth Place:	Athens
Death Place:	Athens
Nationality:	Greek
Movement:	Pop Art
Native Name:	Γιώργος Ιωάννου

Giorgos (also mentioned as Yorgos or Georges) Ioannou (1926  - 2017)^[1] was a Greek artist born in Athens. He is considered to have been one of the main representatives of the Pop Art movement in Greece.

In his work by adopting the main aspects of pop art and utilizing the techniques employed by comic books, he turned to satirizing social and political reality, creating compositions with a surrealistic atmosphere and symbolic allusions.^[2]

References

• National Gallery, Greece Giorgos Ioannou
• iset - Contemporary Greek Art Institute - Giorgos Ioannou
• Αρχείο Τ. Σπητέρη - Φάκελοι Καλλιτεχνών, Γιώργος Ιωάννου, Τελλόγλειο Ίδρυμα Τεχνών, Α.Π.Θ.
• Π.Δ.Καγκελάρη, Γιώργος Ιωάννου Αναζητήσεις στη Σύγχρονη Ελληνική Ζωγραφική - Η Συλλογή Καγκελάρη, τόμ.2, Έκδοση πρώτη, Αθήνα 1999,
• Λεξικό Ελλήνων Καλλιτεχνών, τόμος 2, (Θ-Λ), Zωγράφοι-Γλύπτες-Χαράκτες, 16ος - 20ός αιώνας (εκδ.Μέλισσα 2000)
• Giorgos / Georges Ioannou (official site) http://giorgos-ioannou.com

External links

• Giorgos Ioannou National Gallery
• iset - Contemporary Greek Art Institute - Giorgos Ioannou
• Αρχείο Τ. Σπητέρη - Φάκελοι Καλλιτεχνών - Γιώργος Ιωάννου
• CONTEMPORARY GREEK PAINTING THE CANGELARIS COLLECTION
• Exhibition "Giorgos Ioannou, Album 1940-1974" (BCU, November 2016-January 2017)
• Giorgos Ioannou (official site)

Notes and References

1. News: Πέθανε ο ζωγράφος και χαράκτης Γιώργος Ιωάννου. In.gr. 2017-02-14.
2. Web site: National gallery. nationalgallery.gr. 2015-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524194608/http://www.nationalgallery.gr/site/content.php?sel=247&artist_id=4973. 2015-05-24. dead.